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Media, IT and telecoms companies lag behind on GBV strategy

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Majority of private sector companies in SA are ill equipped to deal with gender-based violence (GBV) in the workplace as they were found to either have no policies or strategies to tackle the scourge.

The Costly Impact of GBV꞉ Private Sector Perceptions and Realities in South Africa.

According to the report, only 20% of companies in the food, beverage, retail and tourism industry have a company strategy and 9% have a company policy on GBV. None of the companies in the IT, telecoms and media sector have a strategy on GBV and only 12% of them were found to have policy against the scourge.

 

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